Grain-elevator.



PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

uuentoz witnesses PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906. J. G. TOBIAS. GRAIN ELEVATOR.

APPLIOATION PILED SEPT. 5. 1906.

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JAMES C. TOBIAS, OF BUCYRUS, OHIO.

GRAIN-ELEVATOR.

To ctZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES (J. TOBIAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Elevators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of buildings for storing and transferring grain, commonly termed elevator-buildings. i

It consists in the several features and combination of features, as more fully hereinaf-' ter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to economize space and saye timber in constructing a building by provid ng wings on each side of the middle portion -and storing grain in said wings, which can be used for small grain as wefi as corn on the ear, to provide means for the perfect ventilation throughout said building and bins, and to create a current of air from the bottom, center, and sides of the building up through the shelled corn and corn on the ear when such substances are used to the roof and thence out through a small cupola or other opening.

It further has for its object to so arrange the bins in connection with suitable elevators or conveyors that grain can be easily transferred to and stored in said bins, transferred from one bin to another, and delivered from any one or all of said bins to wagons, cars, vessals,.or other receivers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my elevator-building. Fig. 2--is a. longitudinal section. Fig.3 is a cross-section on line a a; of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line I y y of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts, 1 re resents the central portion of the elevatoruilding provided with top 2, smaller in size than the said centrallportion and both preferably having slanting roofs 3.

At approximately the center of the central ortlon 1 an endless conveyor 41 is pro-- vide for elevating the grain-from a boot 5, preferably situated below the lower floor, to the upper portion of said central portion.

Wings "7 and '8, having cupolas 9 and 10, are provided at opposite sides of the central ,ortion 1; the tops or roots 11 of said Wings" eing a little less in height than the central portion 1 and each of said wings is provided Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 5, 1905. Serial No. 277,102.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

at its upper central portion with an endless conveyor belt or. chain 12', having push-plates 13 at intervals, saidbelt running over pulleys 14 and 15 at each end of each wing and through a conveyor-trough 16, which is pro vided with openings 17 and inclined spouts 18. The lower portions of each of said wings 7 and 8 are provided with longitudinally-extending conveyers 19 and 20, respectively,

having push-plates 19*, said conveyors running over pulleys 20 and designed to deliver grain to the boot 5, and 21 and 22 are troughs J through which said belts 19 and 20 run. 'lhetroughs 21 and 22 are each provided with a' 7o suitable chute 23 at one end, designed to deliver grain to the boot 5 which has been fed from the several bins to the endless conveyersji '3'? from which boot it is loaded by any suitable means to a car, wagon, or other receptacle? A series of storage-bins 24, 25, 26, and27 are provided in each side of the wings 7 and 8, and these are divided according to the length-l of the wings which are designed to receivegrain from theseveral spouts 18 of the con- 8o veyer-trough; Pipes 22 extend downward from the top of the endless conveyer 4 and deliver'the i i grain from said endless conveyor to the 'con'-' veyers 12 in the Wings. -8 5 Each bin is rovided with an imperforate inside door 29, ringed at the top, and anim' perforate outside door 30, hinged at the iside. Between these doors and in the wall of the structure, so as to fill the door-space, is an open-work frame or screen 29*, composed of wire netting, wires, perforated sheets, iron rods, wooden slats, or any similar arrangement. When the insidedoor 29 is swung down into closed position, the 5 screen or open-work is tightly closed, so as to adapt the bin to the reception of small grain.

At the center of each -of the wings and at the rear oi the several bins is a passage-way. IOC 30 access to which is had by means of the doors at the ends of the wings and from the central portionv 1 of the elevator-building.

. At to of passage-way 30 a series of wires, iron ro s, or erforatedsheets or wood slats 1o 5 2 1* are provir ed to allow air to pass from the passage-way upwardto the cupolas 9 and 10- .and at the same time provide a suitable ventilated support for the earcorn. Doors hinged to central partition, 1 10 are provided above the central passage-way 30 and adapted to'be closed down over the; 4

screen-supports 24 when the bins are used for the storage of small rain.

-The bottoms 31 of t e bins are inclined downward for the purpose of facilitating the feeding of the grain from the bins to the conveyers 19 and 20 when it is desired to transfer the grain out of the bins, and 32 designates slides for closing the o eningsin the lowerportions of said bins. T e bottom 31 is provided [0 with an open-work ventilating support or screen 36, extending the length of the wing and similar to the perforated screens 29, and, like the parts 29, also provided with solid doors 37, like the doors 29, adapted to close the spaces in each bin for the purpose of tightly closing the bins" and forming asupport for small gram.

The end of each wing is provided with an outside door for the pur ose of affording ven- 2o tilation from end to en thereof.

The 0 cration is as follows: Power is trans mitted irect from a gas or steam engine (not shown) by belt to pulley 32 on shaft 33'."

.Lower longitudinal conveyers 19 and are driven by right-hand quarter-twist belts 34. Upper longitudinal conveyers 12 are driven by left-hand twist-belts 35, which. connect with pulleys on shaft 33., Verticalelevator 4 is driven direct by open belt 33. By this method all counter-shafts are dispensed with and all beltin is done from one central lineshaft suspen ed by drop-hangers from the u per floor-joints. When the bins are to be filled, grain is conveyed from a wagon or 3 5 other receptacle to the boot 5 through either main side entrance and then elevated by the main elevator 4 to the pipes 22 and thence down said pipes .onto the upper conveyerbelts 12 and b 1 them carried alon the trou hs 16 and elivered to the several bins by the spouts 18. The articular bin to which the grain must be elivered is determined by closing or opening the required numbe: of slides 18. When it is desired to unload the bins, it is only necessary to raise the slides 32, and the grain will fall out onto the lower conveyenbelts 19 and 20, from whence it is delivered to the chutes :23 and thence to the boot, from which it may be transferred to the wagon or other conveyance for the purpose of carrying it to any point desired.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise form and construction of elevator-building shown, as it is obvious that many minor changes .may be made in the ventilating features and other parts of the building without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim isp 1. An elevator-building com )risiug'a main central portion, a vertical endless conveyer in said portion, wings on each side thereof, having a ventilating communication with said central portion, said wings provided with troughs having a series of openings, a series of bins corresponding to said openin s, and horizontal endless conveyer-belts esigned to travel along said troughs and deliver ain through said openin s, and means to independently open and c ose said openings, substantially as described.

2. An elevator-building having a maincentral portion, a vertical conveyer therein,

a series of bins on each side of said central portion, a horizontal delivering-conveyer extending over said bins, means whereby grain may be delivered independently to each of said bins, a horizontal discharging-conveyer below' said bins, means to afford an independent drive to said conveyers and means whereby the grain may be discharged independently from each of said bins, substantially as described.

4. An eleiator-building comprising a main central portion having a conveyer, wings on each side less in height than said central ortion and provided with troughs and cnc less conveyors, and a series of bins, n'iea'ns independent of the conveying means leadin to the bins for conveying grain into said ins and means for delivering grain from said bins, substantially as described.

1 5. An elevator-building comprising a main central portion having a conveyer, win s on each side less in height than said central por- IOO tion, and provided with inside and outside hinged doors.

6. An elevator-building comprising a main central portion having a conveyor, wings having a horizontal ventilating-partition, extending the length of the wings, substantially as described.

7. An elevator-building com rising a main central portion havin anend ess conveyer, wings on each side 0 said central portion,

provided with a series of bins each having an- IIO inner door and an outer door, substantially as described. v

8. An elevator-building com rising a main central portion having an end ess conweyer,

wings on each side of said main central portion, each provided with upper and lower conveyers, and a series of blIlS, each'bm prosupporting-frame in said space, an inside door deslgned to cover said 0 en-work frame wvhen the bin is to be used or small grain,

substantially as described.

vided with ,a door-space and 'a'il open-work 1 25.

9. An elevator-building comprising a main 91 0 central portion provided with a vertical elevator, Wings on each side of said central portion each provided with upper and lower horizontal conveyers, a series of bins having openings provided with slides for closing the said openings, a screen at the side of each of the bins, and an imperforate door for covering said screen, substantially as described.

10. An elevator-building provided with a series of bins having inner doors and outer doors, and a screen between them, substantially as described.

11. An elevator-building provided with a series of bins having slanting bottoms, inner doors and outer doors and a screen between them, said doors designed when closed to cover said screen, substantially as described.

12. An elevator-building provided with bins having outer doors, and inner doors, and a ventilating-frame of iron rods between the doors, substantially as described.

13. An elevator-building comprising a main central portion provided with a vertical endless conveyer, wings on each side of said central portion provided with bins and upper and lower conveyers, means for con veying grain from the vertical conveyor to the upper conveyers of the wings, and means for conveying grain to the lower conveyers of the said wings, substantially as described.

14. An elevatorrbuilding comprising a central portion having a vertical convcyer, wings on each side of said central portion having bin with slanting bottoms, and doors for each of said bins, upper and lower troughs in said wings having openings and slides for covering the same, each of said troughs provided with a conveyer, substantially as described.

15. An elevator-building comprising a. central portion having a boot, a vertical conveyer extending from said boot, chutes at top of said elevator, wings at the side of said central portion having a series of bins pv-e vided with an upper conveyor designed to ree ccive grain from said chutes, and lower con veyers designed to receive grain from said bins, substantially described.

16. Bin elevator-building comprising a central portion having a conveyer, wings at the sides of said central portion each pro; vided with a series of bins, upper and lower 1 troughs, the upper troughs having openings and slides, and se arate endless conveyers 17. 'An elevator-building comprising a.

central portion having a vertical conveyer, wings at the sides of said central portion each provided with a series of bins, upper troughs with conveyers, said troughs having openings and troughs desi ned to-deliver grain to sald bins,'lower troug s with conveyers independent of the upper conveyors whereby the upper and lower conveyers may be separately driven, and designed to receive grain from said bins, substantially as described.

18. Ah elevator-buildin provided with a continuous passage-way t ough the center thereotprovided at the top with a perforated frame or screen and means for closing the same to adapt the building for the storage of small grain, substantially as described.

19. An elevator-building provided with a passage-way having a )erforated frame or screen and doors for closing said frame or screen to adaptthe building for the storage of small grain, substantially as described.

20. An elevator-building provided with perforated frames or.screens in the wall or floor supports, in combination with interior imperforate closure means for coverin the frame or screen spaces to adapt the bui ding for the storage of small grain, substantially as described.

21. An elevator-building provided with a continuous passage-way provided at the top with a perforated frame or screen, and means for covering the same, and bins having erforated ventilating frames or screens in t eir sides and bottom and means for covering.

said frames or screens to adapt the building for the storage of small grain, substantially as described.

In testimony whereol I afhx my signature in presence of two subscribing w tnesses.

Jos. H. BI onwoon, H. P. Doovrrnn. 

